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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

As I remember it, Russia supplied Assange and Wikileaks with information about the DMC, and nothing else. Wikileaks then published the full dataset, unredacted.

Then, someone else provided evidence of Russian corruption. Wikileaks did not publish any of this. There was outcry, then Assange said publicly "Of course Russia is corrupt, that isn't newsworthy."

While that still leaves some room for Assange and Wikileaks being on Russia's side, this should all be viewed in the context that the US government was rabidly frothing at the mouth to get back at Assange for (legitimately) revealing their corruption.